Batting style Right-hand Name John Melville 1937 Buckinghamshire | National side Scotland | |
Full name John Hutchison Melville Born 19 June 1895 ( 1895-06-19 ) Cowdenbeath, Fife, Scotland Died 22 September 1951(1951-09-22) (aged 56)
Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, England | ||
Bowling style Slow left-arm orthodox | ||
John Hutchison Melville (19 June 1895 – 22 September 1951) was a Scottish cricketer. Melville was a right-handed batsman who bowled slow left-arm orthodox. He was born in Cowdenbeath, Fife.
Melville made his first-class debut for Scotland against Ireland in 1932. He played 5 further first-class matches for Scotland, the last coming against Yorkshire in 1937. A bowler, Melville took 33 wickets at a bowling average of 33, with best figures of 6/32, one of 3 five wicket hauls he took. His best bowling figures came against the touring Indians in 1932.
Melville played 3 Minor Counties Championship fixtures for Buckinghamshire in 1937, against Lincolnshire, Hertfordshire and Bedfordshire.
He died in Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire on 22 September 1951.
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